And here is the yummiest lemon frosting that went with the cupcakes I posted yesterday. 1 cup butter, softened 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice 5 cups powdered sugar 1 tablespoon lemon zest yellow food coloring, about 1 drop 1 In mixer bowl, beat together butter and lemon juice until combined. 2 Add powdered sugar, … Continue reading
This is the cupcake recipe I’ve been looking for. You know how sometimes when you bite into a cupcake it just falls apart and you can hardly eat the rest without looking like you haven’t had food in a month? (Maybe it’s just me.) These cupcakes are slightly denser so when you bite into them, … Continue reading
I made some Halloween themed cupcakes for Porch Treats (click here for an explanation of Porch Treats) and decided to experiment with marshmallows in cupcakes and the experiment went very well! You can’t see the marshmallow because it’s covered up by the frosting but it’s there and made these cupcakes super sweet! 1 box cake … Continue reading
Sarah, a friend of my daughter’s, asked if we would make some Churro Cupcakes for her husband Hector’s 90’s themed birthday party so we decided to make the cupcakes 90’s themed as well. With Rubik’s Cubes and Tamagotchis and Skateboards. The original recipe topped the cupcakes with churros which would be yummy too. Happy Birthday … Continue reading
Aren’t they adorable? The stenciling is so easy to do too. I’ve had the stencils forever and finally got around to trying them out. The stencils came from Pampered Chef, Wilton, and Ikea. You just lay the stencil on the cupcake, sift powdered sugar over it, then remove the stencil carefully. And there you go, … Continue reading
Made these cuties for the neighbor kid’s birthdays. They are pretty easy to make and really cute! Still missing Disneyland so the Disney baking is in full swing around here. CUPCAKES 24 red cupcake liners 3 tablespoons butter, softened 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/3 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon baking … Continue reading
I have lots of work coming up so I’m trying to get some baking in before that happens and also some seasonal treats before I don’t have time for anything! I made these for porch treats and they were gone pretty quickly. (Click here for more info on porch treats.) 1 batch vanilla cupcakes from … Continue reading
Made some Valentine cupcakes for porch treats, see this post for details on porch treats. I made 33 cupcakes and they were gone in 30 minutes. I think that’s a record. Valentine themed cupcake liners, I found some cute ones at Michaels a batch of vanilla cupcakes, I used this recipe here one bag Lindt … Continue reading
Cute right? And pretty easy too. My friend Sondra asked if I would make some cupcakes for her granddaughter’s birthday and these are the ones she chose. Sondra said she thinks it reminded her of “Stranger Things”! 1 box cupcake mix plus ingredients to make cupcakes (I did a batch of chocolate cupcakes and a … Continue reading
I just love playing with food! It was a couple of our little neighbor girls birthdays a few weeks ago so I set out to make some really little girly cupcakes which means sprinkles. This is my idea of a good time, so fun to decorate cupcakes! The cupcakes were Funfetti with white chocolate chips. … Continue reading
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